Justice League vs. Teen Titans

2016

ActionAnimationComedy

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Synopsis

Robin is sent to work with the Teen Titans after his volatile behavior botches up a Justice League mission. The Titans must then step up to face Trigon after he possesses the League and threatens to conquer the world.

Robin is sent to work with the Teen Titans after his volatile behavior botches up a Justice League mission. The Titans must then step up to face Trigon after he possesses the League and threatens to conquer the world.

Tech specs

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Infiltration Bot9 / 10

Enjoyed!

Another movie in continuity with the other recent ones playing in the
same universe! Keep an open mind and you will feel the time watching it
is well spent. Let's start with technicalities! The animation quality and design of
the movie is good to very good if you keep in mind that it is a
direct-to-video production - there have certainly been much worse ones
around. The visual style is a continuation of the other movies that
were released in the last year or two, so if you've gotten used to
that, you'll feel right at home. Frederik Wiedmann did a nice job with
the soundtrack, and his choice of instruments stands out immediately
once the movie gets to the first mystic scenes - I think it is a good
match. The pacing is good. There is not really any part that feels too slow or
drawn out too much, and enough action takes place throughout the movie
to keep up the entertainment. A few scenes could benefit from a deeper
exploration, but then again that would break the available time-budget.
The story is entertaining, but a bit predictable. Not as predictable as
the stories of some of the other DC movies, but there is still room for
more complexity. It is targeted at a broader audience, most likely. The
movie is somewhat family friendly, teens should feel right at home.I'm not really a fan of Damian in a leading role, but in a team the
character plays out much better. Sort of like how Batman integrates
nicely with the Justice League - both characters can add a bit of spice
to the mix once they're able to clearly contrast with other characters.
In my opinion this is the first movie in this line that manages to do
this, so that is good to see. More of that please. Damian needs to be
put on a leash for good! I could not relate a whole lot to the previous
versions of the Teen Titans, so I am happy to see a version of them
here that feels a bit more mature. Less goofy is good!There are some parallels between a few appearances in here and in Young
Justice - some designs are related without a doubt, some characters
share close or relatively close resemblances, but they are different
personalities (and have different voice-actors). Wasn't sure how to
take this at first, but they're likable. Would take another movie to
get to know some of them a bit better, so here's hope we get that
chance eventually.Overall it is an enjoyable movie. Anyone who liked the recent DC movies
should give this one a watch.

Reviewed by Marshall Kimura9 / 10

The New 52 Movies Are Getting Worse.

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Reviewed by carlomarc9 / 10

Great Movie!

This movie is below average and as a dedicated Dc fan, i'm insulted.
I'm honestly worried that the one thing that Dc has over Marvel, which
is their animated movies, is getting more and more uninteresting as it
goes. There are little good things in this movie that makes it worth
watching, if you can ignore all the flaws that it has. I just feel like
this movie had potential but ultimately failed due its many mistakes. The story tries its best to mix the Justice League and Teen Titans
together but it just ends up failing in the end. The Teen Titans are
there but they're pushed to the side with Raven and Damien being
heavily focused on. Trigon is suppose to be the main villain in the
story but they don't really make him seem that unique since all he does
is attack the city (which every villain has done before in the Justice
League movies) and kills an entire race of people, with that being one
of the only truly bad thing that he's done. The Justice League feels
like they're crammed in there and their appearances seem somewhat
forced. It seems that DC doesn't have enough courage in a Teen Titans
solo movie, so they need to put in the Justice League in order to feel
safe. That wouldn't have been a problem if they had rebooted the Teen
Titans franchise properly instead of making the awful Teen Titans Go.Just like Teen Titans Go, there's also a lot of scenes in the movie
that doesn't make any sense or are just plain dumb. There's a scene
where Beast Boy uncontrollably transforms into new forms of animals
because?...he's in hell? It was so stupid and so unnecessary and just
seemed like it was there to make beast boy look cool. Also, why didn't
Raven take the Justice League into hell? They could've gotten
everything done way more faster than the Titans and fix the problem
before Trigon could even reach the city. Speaking of Trigon attacking
the city, there was only Superman, Wonderwoman, and the Flash there to
help. It makes you think "hmmm hey, wheres Green Lantern, Shazam, and
Aquaman?". You would think that they would come out and help defend the
city but no, they don't make an appearance whatsoever. They don't even
give a reasonable explanation why they aren't there, they're just like
"ha slackers" and that's it. I don't care if it's because of budget
cuts, if they aren't there to protect the city then don't write in
Trigon attacking the city!Now that i got that out of my system, onto the characters themselves. I
don't like that Damien is the "go to" main protagonist when the movie
isn't focusing on the League. This version is very close to the comics
so he has to be brat but i just can't see myself rooting for someone
like that. He is making more of a change though so i do like that.
Raven is used more like a plot device rather than a actual character
and she's extremely weak in the movie but they do a good job setting up
her back story though so i'll give them that. Starfire is just there so
dudes can stare at her body, and Beast Boy and Blue Beetle are just
there for fan service, offering nothing but the "Power of Friendship"
to the story. I also find it extremely insulting that DC has the nerve
to feature Nightwing as part of the team when he wasn't even in the
movie for more than 1 minute!The animation in the movie is the only good thing about it but I saw a
few scenes that shows the animators taking the easy way out of making
the scenes rather than putting in time and making it feel more organic
and dynamic. The voice acting is good here and there but it's overall
pretty lacking. I do wish that they could have gotten the original cast
to voice their respective characters but i can respect that if was due
to budget cuts or just them wanting to distance themselves from that
universe. The title is also very misleading. I was expecting an epic battle where
the possessed Justice League fight the underdog Teen Titans in a last
ditch effort to save the world. That would've been cool but you know
what we get? We get Wonderwoman, Cyborg, and Flash beating the tar out
of the Titans for like 3 minutes. It was so anti- climatic that i was
dying with laughter because that was suppose be the one moment that
everyone was waiting for and DC just wasted it. Something that they
should have done was, take the Justice League out of this movie, make
this simply a Teen Titans movie, and make the epic final battle be
between the Titans and Trigon. I was just looking forward for this movie and after seeing it, i was a
bit disappointed. This is an example of DC just making animated movies
for a quick cash grab instead of adding quality and depth to their
stories. Dc, please get better writers to make your animated movies and
give the crew more time to work on things, i'd rather wait for a movie
with a good story rather than immediately getting a movie that ends up
very disappointing, i'm looking at you Throne of Atlantis. The movie
has great animation but it's overshadowed with terrible voice acting,
forced characters, cliché lines and acting, and a messy story that
could've been great . If you are a casual comic fan who likes animated
movies then this is the movie for you. If you're a die-hard DC comics
fan who likes a good story then i can't recommend this for you.
Overall, very disappointing and really hope that they do better the
next time.

Reviewed by Caesar A. V. Swaby9 / 10

My spoiler filled thoughts and complaints.

For those who grew up watching the 2003 and got really irritated with
Cartoonnetwork's attempt at reboot (the "Dredd" that is GO, LOL) then
this movie is one for you.Being the 6th movie in the animated DC movie series (unofficially) this
movie does a great job of capturing the personalities of the Teen
Titian's that we, the old fans, know and love; as well as seeing
Superman, once again, fall down (because who doesn't like watching the
"big man" take a good hit).This movie additionally gives a bit more depth into Raven's back-story,
being that the movie is centered around her back-story, and may answer
few more questions to those people who did not have the luxury of
reading comics about her. All in all, I found the movie to be
fantastic!